CLIENT PERCEPTIONS

“I’d make up excuses to keep gambling. I kept thinking the ‘big win’ was right around the corner.”“Once I started gambling, it was all over. I kept gambling until I was broke. I even got cash advances from my credit cards until they were maxed out. I just couldn’t stop.”“The rest of the world faded away when I was gambling.”“The more I continued to gamble, the bigger the mess I found myself in.”“I never believed in God, but when I realized that my compulsion to gamble was more than I could handle, I just had to believe something or someone out there could help me.”“I recognized that my ability to make positive changes in my behavior today and in the future depends on honestly recognizing and accepting responsibility for my past behaviors.”“If there is one thing I learned when I first stopped gambling, it is that people should find out all the facts about their legal and financial situations.”“Don’t be afraid to learn the truth, no matter how bad it might be. Once all the facts are known, you can begin to dig out. If you hide, you just get buried deeper.”“I’ve always hated to ask for help. It seemed so wimpy. Yet when I began to try to understand my addiction, my recovery began to take giant steps in the right direction.”